ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITIES, page 62 (original) (raw)

Entrepreneurship has been identified as a key factor for economic growth and social transformation, and part of the current crisis is attributed to the lack of entrepreneurial dynamism in modern, western, economies (GEM, 2012; Alvarez, Urbano, Amoro, 2013). The interest of university graduates in entrepreneurship has traditionally been low (Tonttila, 2001, Stamboulis, Barlas, 20014). Still exists big challenge of how to encourage young people to launch thier own organisations. In recent years, however, change appears to take place in technology intensive sectors where innovative new entrepreneurial endeavors disrupt industries and markets. The high quality of education in innovative fields provides a great opportunity for the establishment of new entrepreneurship (Stamboulis, Barlas, 2014). Through entrepreneurship education, students at the universities, learn organizational skills, including human resources management, leadership development, strategical planning and etc. This pap...